Beautiful beauties in the 80s courtyard

Chapter 770 Field Investigation
Therefore, even though Lao Min was no longer Lu Qiaoge's direct supervisor, he still treated her with great respect.

After entering the office, Director Lü briefly explained his purpose to Lao Min.

Old Min's eyes widened immediately.

"Director Lu, you're finally going to take action against the pickle factory."

Then, realizing he hadn't said it properly, he laughed and continued, "I've been thinking about this for a while now. The pickle factory isn't far from here. It would be wonderful if it could be brought back."

Director Lü asked with some surprise, "From which sentence did you get the idea that the pickle factory is going to be incorporated into our instant noodle factory? Even if it's close by, it's not the same thing. That's an asset of the Food General Factory."

Old Min glanced at Lu Qiaoge.

Lu Qiaoge winked at him.

Old Min was very pleased with himself.

He and Director Lu were on the same page.

Director Lü was naturally aware of the inside story.

Just now in the cafeteria, Lu Qiaoge didn't hide her thoughts.

Old Min said with a smile, "We won't move the pickle factory area, but there is a vacant lot in the pickle factory, which is just right for building our fourth workshop."

The instant noodle factory now has three workshops.

But now instant noodles are selling better and better. Especially since the introduction of braised beef noodles, they have quickly surpassed chicken stew with mushrooms noodles, and no one dislikes that flavor.

So we also submitted a report to the General Administration to request the construction of another workshop.

However, due to the venue issue, the problem has not been resolved.

At the time, Lao Min was quite regretful. If he had known it would turn out like this, he would have preferred to build a factory in the suburbs.

Lu Qiaoge and Director Lü came here to check the situation on-site.

If there's no way to salvage the situation here, then she'll have to consider moving.

Lu Qiaoge said, "Since everyone knows what's going on, let's go take a look first."

The pickled vegetable workshop is located at the westernmost end of the instant noodle factory area; it is an old bungalow.

Before you even get close, an indescribable smell hits you, not just the smell of pickled vegetables, but also a strange musty smell and a faint sour smell.

The pickle factory has only one workshop.

Today is Saturday, and everyone will be off tomorrow, Sunday. However, almost no one will be working on Saturday afternoon, since there are no production tasks at the moment.

But today the workshop director was actually here.

Actually, he is also a veteran craftsman.

No one calls him Director Zhou; they all call him Old Zhou.

Hearing that someone from the General Administration of Customs was coming to inquire about the pickle factory, he rubbed his hands together, his smile a little awkward and uneasy.

Director Lü said in a kind voice, "We came to the instant noodle factory on some business, and we just happened to stop by for a look."

Master Zhou's eyes lit up.

You should know that Director Lü works at the State Administration of Foreign Trade.

Why did he come here to take a look?

However, he quickly put a big X on his thoughts.

How could their pickles possibly be exported!

Old Zhou led them into the dimly lit workshop. Lu Qiaoge stood at the entrance of the production workshop and could see dozens of large vats piled up in the corner at a glance.

Lu Qiaoge walked to an open vat, picked up a long chopstick next to it, and took out a pickled radish.

The radish has an uneven dark yellow color and its surface looks somewhat sticky.

She leaned closer and smelled it, her brows furrowing slightly.

Lu Qiaoge then carefully inspected the cleanliness of the tank walls and the floor.

There were damp water stains in the corner of the wall, and the screen of the ventilation window had several holes.

There was trash and cigarette butts on the ground.

Lu Qiaoge frowned even more deeply.

She glanced at Old Zhou and realized he wasn't paying any attention to it. The small pickle factory looked shabby but had a unique charm.

In fact, Xiangyang Food Factory started as a pickled vegetable factory.

But when Lu Qiaoge and her team were cleaning up, the place seemed quite clean.

Moreover, Lu Qiaoge was also puzzled: how could such a small pickle factory have more than 500 workers?

That's really unbelievable.

Then Lao Zhou led them to the processing workshop.

There's a pile of green radishes here.

In the north, white radishes are not grown; only green radishes are. And the raw material used to make pickled radishes is green radishes.

Lu Qiaoge glanced at it; this pile of green radishes wasn't good quality, all bumpy and uneven...

Old Zhou was embarrassed the whole time.

I didn't expect these people to be different from others; they came here to really see things.

Especially the young girl.

As I just mentioned, her name is Lu Qiaoge, a name he knows.

If this Beidu branch factory is not under the jurisdiction of the State Administration of Foreign Trade, then this young woman should be Lao Min's superior.

Judging from her expression, she had clearly noticed the problem.

Old Zhou fell silent. There were many things that were beyond his control and beyond his ability to discuss.

This is all the business of the factory leaders.

After walking around for a while, Lu Qiaoge didn't say anything to Lao Zhou.

I originally wanted to discuss with him the taste of pickled radishes and the future direction of development.

Later, Lu Qiaoge gave up on this idea.

As the director of the production workshop, Director Zhou is unqualified.

However, Lu Qiaoge did not show it.

The fact that the pickle factory has fallen to this state is not the fault of just one person.

Even if Lu Qiaoge had a thousand or ten thousand ideas, she couldn't bring them up now. She had to wait for the higher-ups to speak with the factory leaders before making a decision.

Today I'm mainly here to check on the pickle factory and the vacant lot that Lao Min has always been hoping to acquire.

Then Director Lü smiled and said to Lao Zhou, "You continue your shift, the rest of us will go for a walk over there."

Watching the backs of the group, Lao Zhou thought for a moment and then headed towards the factory office. He needed to report this matter to the factory leaders; otherwise, he would have to take responsibility if any problems arose.
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Tong Niannian and Tao Zhuting went home.

Then they encountered Meng Xiaoxin, who was waiting for them at the gate of the Tong family's house.

Meng Xiaoxin has lost a lot of weight and looks much more haggard. Her former arrogance is gone.

Tong Niannian hurriedly stepped forward and asked with concern, "Xiaoxin, why are you waiting outside? Why don't you come inside?"

Meng Xiaoxin twitched the corners of her mouth.

She didn't really want to go inside, so she pulled the two of them aside.

They were standing in front of the Tong family's gate. Tong's eldest sister had just returned to her parents' home. She was standing by the living room window when she saw the three girls arguing at the door and frowned.

Tong Niannian's mother also frowned: "Meng Xiaoxin had been quiet for a while, so why is she running around again?"

Sister Tong said, "Don't worry about it for now. If Niannian continues to hang out with her, she's truly beyond saving."

Tong's mother glanced at her eldest daughter. Although her words were unpleasant to hear, she couldn't find any way to refute them.

At this moment, Meng Xiaoxin asked Lu Qiaoge.

"Was Lu Qiaoge in the dorm when you came back? What was she doing?"

Although she didn't know why Meng Xiaoxin suddenly asked Lu Qiaoge what she wanted to do, Tao Zhuting still answered honestly, "Today is Saturday, and Lu Qiaoge is going to work at the canteen of the State Administration of Foreign Trade."

Meng Xiaoxin was taken aback: "Isn't she in the Fifth Division? Why would she go to the cafeteria? Can Lu Qiaoge cook?"

(End of this chapter)